Where the Heart Is

Overview

Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadside, and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. Eventually, some eccentric but kindly strangers 'adopt' Novalee and her infant daughter, helping them buck the odds and build a new life.

Details

Cast

Natalie Portman

Novalee Nation

Ashley Judd

Lexie Coop

Stockard Channing

Thelma 'Sister' Husband

Joan Cusack

Ruth Meyers

Sally Field

Mama Lil

James Frain

Forney Hull

Dylan Bruno

Willy Jack Pickens

Keith David

Moses Whitecotten

Ray Prewitt

Tim

Laura House

Nicki

Mary Ashleigh Green

Girl in Bathroom

Kinna McInroe

Wal-Mart Clerk

Linda Wakeman

Hospital Receptionist

David Alvarado

Cellmate

Mark Voges

Religious Man

Todd Lowe

Troy

Margaret Hoard

Mary Elizabeth Hull

Rodger Boyce

Officer Harry

Gabriel Folse

Policeman #2

Sue McCormick

Cake Supplier